Land reform, poverty reduction and growth: evidence from India

Besley, Timothy and Burgess, Robin (2000) Land reform, poverty reduction and growth: evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115 (2). pp. 389-430. ISSN 0033-5533

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Abstract

In recent times there has been a renewed interest in relationships between redistribution, growth, and welfare. Land reforms in developing countries are often aimed at improving the poor's access to land, although their effectiveness has often been hindered by political constraints on implementation. In this paper we use panel data on the sixteen main Indian states from 1958 to 1992 to consider whether the large volume of legislated land reforms have had an appreciable impact on growth and poverty. We argue that such land reforms have been associated with poverty reduction.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/
Additional Information:	© 2000 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Divisions:	Economics STICERD International Growth Centre
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
JEL classification:	O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q15 - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D60 - General
Date Deposited:	27 Apr 2007
Last Modified:	10 Apr 2024 19:00
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/1202

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